Cook said about 30 homes would be without natural gas service until this evening.

Royal Oak authorities were notified of a gas odor about 8:30 a.m. in the area of Woodward and Merrill but when emergency personnel arrived they could not smell anything. They continued searching the area and found the construction site at Coolidge and Parker. Consumers Energy workers were already on the scene and more crews showed up by 9 a.m., Cook said. The gas leak was stopped by 10:30 a.m.